re: Who was the smartest person you ever met?

Former professor of mine. Started as an English Lit major at an Ivy League school and went on to get an advanced degree. Polymath. Polyglot. Piano virtuoso. Linguist. Cryptologist. Poet. Chess Master. Has a few unique hobbies that he understands very deeply. If he wasn't so socially awkward, he would be a candidate to be a real live Indiana Jones.

He's apolitical but probably most identifies with classic liberalism. He remembers every detail of everything he's ever read, and he has a unique way of disarming polemicists of any ilk.

His brusque, plain-spoken style of communication makes him seem intimidating at first, but he's also one of the kindest people I've ever met.

My dad, IQ of 175+, former plant manager at US Steel

Dr. John C Freeman : world renown meteorologist and scientist. A member of a team who developed numerical weather modeling. A Fellow of The American Meteorological Society. Professor emeritus at the university of Saint Thomas (Texas). A colleague of Dr. Neil Frank.

Dr. Freeman passed away in 2003 iirc.

I killed Doug last night. Don’t tell anyone.

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Father Fitzgerald at Jesuit. Fluent in multiple languages, eidetic memory, multiple degrees (2 bachelors & 3 masters), and of all things he decided to become a Jesuit priest. D

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Father Fitz was an awesome man. He knew Latin, that’s for sure.

I’m chief actuary/head of asset allocation for an investment consulting firm.

I’m named after a paternal uncle who’s a MIT Physics PhD.

He finished school in the early 1950s and went to work for a Fortune 500 company.

He’s still “of counsel” there.

Does the NYT crosswords in ink.

Corrects scientific journals on the reg, not just in his field.

He tells everyone that my pop was the smartest sibling of the litter.

Good dude. I’ll see him in a couple of weeks.

My maternal grandmothers 1st cousin from Grand Cane was 1 of the first 3 women admitted to Tulane. The 2nd to graduate in 1921, Pharmacy. She was the only pharmacist at the old Confederate Memorial Hospital, later LSU-Shreveport, until shortly before she retired in the 1970's.

Bob Dole was a nice guy to chat with. We used to call each other to chat from time to time having gotten acquainted during his stent overseeing the FHA.

Of course my Dad who was a Civil Engineer and retired as the Purchasing Manager of, at the time, the 3rd largest oil company in the world.

A couple of my professors like Pat Wojtkiewicz, Shreveport Lab Director, North Louisiana Crime Lab, who is the co-discoverer of the cure for brucellosis and teaches microbiology for NSU. Also Dr. Kumar, anatomy and physiology professor, who taught on all 6 populated continents including the top 3% of all med students on the African continent. For a time he was the world's foremost authority on malaria.

But I'd have to say overall, the smartest was Ali. He was the Finance Minister of Iran under the Shah and escaped to America to become the largest auto wholesaler in N. America. Absolutely brilliant man, very much a gentleman, highly valued honesty and integrity. Pretty sure he was highly educated in the UK and/or Switzerland.

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He has the highest recorded IQ ever if I recall correctly.

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Christopher Michael Langan has the highest IQ score recorded.